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| ea ee a eiress’ Br We Brother TW. af mus fm» - PSS GF INCW Wu and Sister's Plans Virginia Hill, Alabama heiress, aett Darinenin fBuecial Siacel BDO Otiijauilk {Ougoe; tees were “romantically inclined,” but the romance went awry be- fore the gangster was slaih last week in the heiress’ Beverly Hilla mansion, wae. This was disclosed yesterday by Charles. Hill, 21, brother of Miss Hill, when he was ques- ioned in the District Attorney’s forice by Chief-Dep. 8. Ernest and Chief Investigator Rall aes iH. Leo Stanley.- The youth, with Miss Hill's gecretary, Jerri Mason, and Al Smiley, Hollywood sports figure and friend of Siegel, was in th@, Moorish residence at 810 N. Li den Drive at the time of th slaying. Romance Disclosed — He said that his sister, now. in Paris, and Siegel had been ro- mantically inclined and that when Miss Hill lay unconscious in a Las Vegas hospital after taking sleeping tablets in Sie-} gel's Flamingo Club, Siege! told him that he wanted ‘to marry Wireinia areearding ta Bail, (ipods, GCOPClin we atl Ree “And I am sure my sister was also in love with him,” he was quoted by Roll as saying. . . But the romance faded, H , “hia sister and Siegel. h oneluded that both were “t bervous" to get along and eed to split up. She h mned some time before to “ad avs ANGELES TIMES DATED 6/25/47 pken Roman * Then Virginia returned to her| ' Beverly Hills home which sh¢ frad rented from Juan Romero importer, and made‘ the arp. angements: to go abroad Hil, aid he and Miss “Mason were eft to pack up and travel to Miss Hill’s home in Miami, Fla, in Miss Hill’s new’ automohile t New Car Deal’ Asked about this new car, Hill said that his sister had purchased it a month ago and paid $6400 ‘for it, according to Roll. Stanley asked him if Siegel had put up the money for the car or the rental of the Linden Dr. dwelling which Romero ha Iready told the police he rent o Mise Hi for $500-2 month. " “I don’t Know whether he pu P amy money for arrything,” h replied, according to Stanley, “He was there at the time we got the car but my sister gave me the money in cash to pay fo: it and I went and got it from ¢ used-car place.” He added that he knew Siege! was in the habit of giving money away to a lot of people but he had little exact knowledge ef his sister's finances. a, Asked About Visi In. one point of tHe fom FHI khew <-ON ce . e oy i wr 8 icf -1e; BD We ENS er OF, eee rey at = nn) i ca F ‘ 1 At the conclusion of the que: tioning Roll declared, “At leag we have some evid th Miss Hill did not getall h wealth because she was an Al bama heiress ag it has bey Tumored.” ve ‘Earlier, Dist, Atty. Simpson turned to the sportsman’s dl vorced wife for help. - .: Investigators Kemp Niv and Chick Ebbets Jr. brought Mrs. Esther Siegel and her .at- torney, Irving Hill, +o Simpson's, loffice for an hour’s questioning, 2 "Wife Nervous © °.*, Mrs: Siegel appeared in a con- servative black dress with whits trimmings, a black coat and \knit oloves, She ig a blond with ; =seeev pew wea ewes vy ae lue éyes and 2 florid complex on. She was nervous on the day fter the funtral, =. - She sald: “We were. schoolday i sweethearts in New York City.. About 26 years ago, while he wag in the garage business there, we